Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 2011

Burkina Faso
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 5.87 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 712,470 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.87
Births
712,470
Births per 1,000 people
42.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
16,661,908
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-145.20.4%5,341
15-19126.810.8%111,126
20-24250.821.3%190,529
25-29259.222.1%168,670
30-34235.120.0%124,944
35-39177.415.1%73,243
40-4492.67.9%30,980
45-4926.42.2%7,296
50-541.50.1%342